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I have a acer notebook with a broken screen
I have been given a monitor which i have connected to the laptop
when i switch on th elaptop it loads on the external monitor but after 5 seconds the laptop screen takes over
and shuts off the external monitor
i cant check my control panel on the broken screen the majority of it is smashed
i was wondering if i could somehow bypass the laptop screen and use the external monitor
any help would be appricated
thankyou
karyn

In control panel (with the external monitor hooked up) click display, then click the settings tab. Next you should see the laptops monitor and the external monitor. Click the external one and select extend view onto this screen, then click use as primary monitor. Then go back to the laptops monitor and un check the box that says extend view into this monitor. Then hit ok. I hope you can understand this, I'm not that good at explaining things .

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